St George slaying the dragon, whose coiled tail extends over the edge.

Two-masted ship on the left, sails deployed, leaves Antwerp, the cathedral of which can be seen in the background.

G & C Kreglinger

Firm established in Antwerp in 1797. It specialized in the trade of coffee, skins, tobacco, wool and exotic products.

The firm had branches in Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, London and Bradford and the Belgian Congo.

In 1977, the Kreglinger group which also included a shipping company and a bank (already absorbed by Indosuez) was taken over by the

holding Holdifirma.